Credit: Matt Stone

Last Saturday at a morning shootaround in San Francisco, Glenn Rivers went from “Doc” to “prophet.”

He was talking about how much Avery Bradley would drag the rest of the Celtics into line with his defensive intensity when he offered a caution of sorts.

“I think each guy that does it helps,” Rivers said. “I mean, Kevin (Garnett) does it, and right now everyone’s not doing it, so I don’t know why we would think Avery does it and everybody would do it. But it will help.”

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